NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Hula Hoops, those baby boomer toys that fired a worldwide craze in 1950s, have come back as must-have fitness tools to strengthen the core and battle the love handle.
The hoop is an ancient toy, fashioned from dried grape vines in ancient Egypt and depicted on vases in 5th century Athens.
But today’s hoops are bigger, heavier, gaudier and more portable. And on the hips of 21st century practitioners, “hooping” has morphed Read the rest of this entry »

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three-year-old Jacob Hurley nodded eagerly when he heard the name of his favorite food — Austin toasty crackers with peanut butter — his enthusiasm unaffected even after an 11-day bout with salmonella.
Jacob’s father, Terence Hurley, was one of three family members testifying to Congress about the effects of an ongoing outbreak of salmonella food poisoning that has sickened 600 Read the rest of this entry »

TWINSBURG, Ohio –
A child and two firefighters were taken to a hospital after a blaze at a Twinsburg Township home on Sunday.
The Twinsburg Fire Department responded to a fire in a house on Sara Fletcher Court in Twinsburg Township at about 12:48 p.m.
Chief Richard M. Racine said a juvenile was transported to University Hospitals-Bedford Medical Center for non-life-threatening burn injuries. Two firefighters were also transported to area facilities Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, February 09, 2009
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.  —  A Fort Campbell soldier has been charged with aggravated child abuse after the child was taken to Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital with head injuries.
Clarksville police say 20-year-old Joshua Ryan Starner of Clarksville, Tenn., was arrested Saturday. His bond was set at $1 million. Starner is listed as a specialist corporal in the Army. He did not have an attorney listed in jail Read the rest of this entry »

CHICAGO, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Internal company documents
suggest Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N:
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drug Risperdal, agreed to fund a child psychiatry research
center at Massachusetts General Hospital to generate data to
support use of the drug in children, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Monday.
The drug, known generically as risperidone, recently came
under fire from an advisory panel to the U.S. Food & Drug
Administration Read the rest of this entry »

The child welfare worker overseeing an Antioch foster child who police say was tortured for 15 months and starved to death by her foster mother violated state regulations that require regular reports from doctors, therapists and others.
She also did not verify that Jazzmin Davis had enrolled for her freshman year in high school, when police say she was isolated and abused in her Antioch home.
The head of the San Francisco Human Services Agency Read the rest of this entry »

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.
Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan.
“People who were already able to afford Read the rest of this entry »

Guadalupe Reyna said his daughters’ participation in the Valero Go!Kids Challenge to encourage physical fitness rubbed off on the whole family.
“They actually encouraged me, and it helped my wife and I to be even more healthy,” he said of daughters Mariah and Alexis, who attend schools in the Northeast Independent School District. “They wanted to do more things outside, put down the Nintendo, put down the Game Boy, and walk to Read the rest of this entry »

Worried parents, shaken by the death of a 12-year-old Jamaica Plain boy from flu complications, are scrambling to get their children vaccinated against the illness.
The West Roxbury office of Harvard Vanguard Medical received 30 calls yesterday, and 15 calls came in to the Children’s Hospital Primary Care Center, a high number for this late in February, Dr. Joanne Cox said.
Meanwhile, a large pediatric group practice contacted the Boston Public Read the rest of this entry »

The Child & Family Health service at Grenfell Community Health continues to operate on Monday & Wednesdays.
Clinic appointments available Monday & Wednesday by calling Grenfell Community Health Centre 63431811 to secure a time.
Chemist drop in clinics 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month from 10am till 12 noon.
This service is available to provide weighs and general queries. For the developmental checks as recommended in the Childs blue book please Read the rest of this entry »